Jacksonville woman identified as Bieber's companion at time of arrest

Published: Friday, January 24, 2014 at 11:50 AM.

JACKSONVILLE — A former Onslow County resident recently found herself in the headlines with one of the world's biggest pop stars.

Chantel Jeffries, 21, a model and former Jacksonville resident, was a passenger in Justin Bieber's car when the Canadian entertainer was arrested by the Miami Beach Police Department early Thursday morning for resisting arrest, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with an expired driver's license, according to documents posted on the Miami Beach Police Department's twitter page. According to Bobby Hernandez, a spokesman for the department, Jeffries was not charged with anything.

Jeffries is a model for the Willhelmina Modeling agency and works out of their Miami office, according to her Instagram page. According to the biography on her website, chanteljeffries.com, she has modeled for mint-swim, a line of clothing by Draya Michelle, a cast member on the VH1 series “Basketball Wives” and was once the girlfriend of Philadelphia Eagles Pro Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson.

Jeffries has several Facebook accounts in her name, including a fan page with 1,103 likes, and an Instagram page with more than 500,000 followers.

On her Twitter account, @chanteljeffries, Jeffries describes herself as an “animal lover” and a “deep thinker.”

“Everyone is from, or has lived in NC...,” she tweeted. She followed that tweet with one that said “I'm from Coronado (San Diego) but I did live in NC.”

She has since locked her Twitter account and her tweets are only viewable by approved followers.

JACKSONVILLE — A former Onslow County resident recently found herself in the headlines with one of the world's biggest pop stars.

Chantel Jeffries, 21, a model and former Jacksonville resident, was a passenger in Justin Bieber's car when the Canadian entertainer was arrested by the Miami Beach Police Department early Thursday morning for resisting arrest, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with an expired driver's license, according to documents posted on the Miami Beach Police Department's twitter page. According to Bobby Hernandez, a spokesman for the department, Jeffries was not charged with anything.

Jeffries is a model for the Willhelmina Modeling agency and works out of their Miami office, according to her Instagram page. According to the biography on her website, chanteljeffries.com, she has modeled for mint-swim, a line of clothing by Draya Michelle, a cast member on the VH1 series “Basketball Wives” and was once the girlfriend of Philadelphia Eagles Pro Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson.

Jeffries has several Facebook accounts in her name, including a fan page with 1,103 likes, and an Instagram page with more than 500,000 followers.

On her Twitter account, @chanteljeffries, Jeffries describes herself as an “animal lover” and a “deep thinker.”

“Everyone is from, or has lived in NC...,” she tweeted. She followed that tweet with one that said “I'm from Coronado (San Diego) but I did live in NC.”

She has since locked her Twitter account and her tweets are only viewable by approved followers.

Jeffries was arrested by the Onslow County Sheriff's Office for assault with a deadly weapon in 2011. According to court documents, Jeffries was accused of stabbing a woman “with a sharp object in the left forearm during an altercation.”